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Lettera Patent No. 74,780, dated February 25, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN DET'AGHING CHECK-RENS.

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T0 ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN: Be it known that we, Alumni Wustrnnoon and STEPHEN O. Dear, of Leona, in the county of Bradford, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Mode of Detaching Check- Bcins; and 'we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description-thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and te the letters ot' reference marked thereon, which form a part 'of this specification, in which is represented a horse harnessed, and to the harness is attached our improvement.

The object of our invention is to enable the driver, while seated in the vehicle, to unrcin and Teil1 hiltlse at! pleasure; and the nature of it consists, first, inthe employment of an India-rubber check-rein, and second, in attaching to the check-rein a cord, which may be confined for a suitable length or distance in one ofthe drivingrens, substantially in the manner. and for the purpose hereinafter setforth.

'le enable others to avail themselves ci the benefits of our invention, we will new describe its construction and operation. l

A represents the ordinary bridle, provided with an Indiarubber check-rein, b, which is held in thel usual manner on the harness-saddle. g represents a small round cord, made of leather, silk, or any other suitable material. This cord enters the rein about a footer more from its upper end, and is'conned within said rein, in such a manner that it will slip perfectly free and easy. The upper end of said cord is provided withv a suitable devicclor attaching it to the cheek-rein, as seen in the drawing, while its opposite end is furnished with a loop or ring, in order that it may be readily operated while the driver is seated.

lhe merits ot' our invention consist, first, in its perfect simplicity, second, in its accomplishing exactly the' object for which it is designed, and third, in the fact of its obviating entirely the necessity of the driver leaving his scat to unrein the horse for water or any other canse.

Havinr thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

` 1. A cord, attached to the check-rein, and extending back and coni-ined in one ofthe driving-reins, substan-V tially for the purpose described. c v

2. 'lhe combination of a chock-rein with a cord for detaching and att-aehingthe same, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we :rmx our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

l v ABRAM WESTBROOK, i STEPHEN 0. DQAN. Witnesses:

ill. W. Mensa,

J. GAMPBELL. 

